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EPA History: Lead

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Press Releases

EPA Requires Phase-Out of Lead in All Grades of Gasoline
[EPA press release - November 28, 1973]
EPA Sets New Limits on Lead in Gasoline
[EPA press release - March 4, 1985]
EPA Takes Final Step in Phaseout of Leaded Gasoline
[EPA press release - January 29, 1996]
PR Lead Based Paint Right to Know Extended
[EPA press release - December 6, 1996]

Other Resources

EPA Lead website
Lead Poisoning: A Historical Perspective
May 1985 EPA Journal article by Jack Lewis.